last week an nsa official says it always gets to the bottom of any mistakes it made. now there is word british documents demanded from another newspaper who broke the news of the snowden leaks. catherine herridge is live in our d.c. newsroom to pick up the story from there. catherine? >> shep, the guardian senator says british authorities wanted the nsa documents handed over or destroyed with the paper facing legal action if it didn't cooperate. hard drives were then destroyed under the supervision of british authorities with this photo posted on the newspaper's web site but other copies exist. they threatened us with restraint they were going to get all this material back and stop us from writing about it. >> journalist dave glen wald partner on the left is considering legal action afhe was detained for nine hours. computer devices confiscated the british government is standing by its action. >> the police were acting as they do the law there to protect us from anything that will increase the danger of terrorism. >> as to whether it could condone the destruction of t